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Daily Archives: May 7, 2008
Prop F answers SF’s top housing issue: Affordability
Lennar and their fleet of consultants are calling the Bayview Affordable Housing Initiative a “poison pill.” The irony here shouldn’t be lost on anyone.
US Navy aims its big guns at Latin America
While Washington assures that its sole interest in the region is combating “new threats” – terrorism, drug trafficking and the Maras gangs of Central America – Latin American people often see it as the pursuit of “imperialist” interests dictated by energy needs.
Taxpayers file landmark lawsuit to prevent $12 billion in prison construction debt
"How can we be kicking thousands of kids off of Medi-Cal and cutting the public school budget by billions, yet sink $12 billion into building tens of thousands of new prisons beds?”
Ocean View activists protest lack of work for community youths
A Bay View investigation into the workforce at the Ingleside Library, which is being built by CLW Builders, found that none of the workers on the construction site were from the Ingleside community.
Sean Bell’s killers acquitted
The police murdering Black people is not a phenomenon unique to New York. This is just a small drop in the bucket of police executions in Black communities around the nation and the world.
Up and coming: an interview wit’ the rap group Hairdoo
We make soul music coming directly from the spirit. We combine styles of the diaspora and hit it with the Juju stick, to make it hit.
Our Prop F is winning! And it’s ahead of Lennar’s Prop G!
San Francisco was built lot by lot by local builders with local workers – some with experience, some in training. That’s how we’ll renovate our solid existing homes and commercial buildings in Bayview Hunters Point and build new ones.
West Coast ports shut on May Day
In San Francisco, more than a thousand people marched from Local 10’s union hall, led by the Local 10 Drill Team, along the Embarcadero where the 1934 Big Strike took place.
‘You’re lucky; that officer shot somebody last week’
The police officer took pictures of himself covered in blood, complaining of a hurt right hand and shoulder. Those injuries were caused by repeatedly punching my brother in the face.
Up and coming: an interview wit’ the rap group Hairdoo
We make soul music coming directly from the spirit. We combine styles of the diaspora and hit it with the Juju stick, to make it hit.
Haitians demand food
Supposedly, the UN occupation and the 2006 election had allowed Haitians to forget that its democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, had been overthrown in a violent coup. The massive protest over food prices has shattered this facade.
‘Give us our mail!’
The San Quentin Death Row inmates have filed a complaint. Their goal is a settled and dependable mail handling standard that enables them to stay in touch with their family and friends. We fully support them.
Lennar’s Prop G: Vision or Mirage?
Prop G is not about development – it’s about land banking for the future. Lennar will sell off its affordable housing obligations to nonprofits, then hold out to maximize its return.
The techno-lynching of Sen. Barack Obama
Even Stevie Wonder can see that the media is carrying out a nasty techno-lynching of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama based on the comments of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.